2 Kings 15:37 KJV — MannaFest

2 Kings 15:37

In those days the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

KJV

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ASV

In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

WEB

(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)

YLT

In those days hath Jehovah begun to send against Judah Rezin king of Amram and Pekah son of Remaliah.

DBT

In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

About this book

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2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date: Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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Isaiah 7:1
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
2 Kings 16:5
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
Psalms 78:49
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Deuteronomy 28:48
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
2 Kings 10:32
In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

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The history of many of the kings of Israel that reigned at the same time is given us in short, five in succession, all of whom, except one, went down slain to the pit, and their murders were their successors. Zachariah, the last of the house of Jehu, reigned six months, and then was slain and succeeded by Shallum,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), The Lord began to send them against Judah, as he bade Shimei curse David, and took away from Job what the Sabeans robbed him of. Men are God's hand--the sword, the rod in his hand--which he makes use of as he pleases to serve his own righteous counsels, though men be unrighteous in their intentions.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, &c.--This is the first intimation of the hostile feelings of the kings of Israel and Syria, to Judah, which led them to form an alliance and make joint preparations for war. [See on 2Ch 27:5.] However, war was not actually waged till the reign of Ahaz.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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H649211× in canon H752611× in canon H742513× in canon H758143× in canon

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What the record shows

Rezin — attested in contemporary inscriptiontier 1 · undisputed
Tiglath-pileser III inscriptions and stele
Biblical figure (King of Aram-Damascus, mid-8th c.-732 BC) identified in extra-biblical epigraphy.

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